renrutnairbwoot

draigun wrote:Aww.. come on. I literally check every 30 mins all day, and it gets released while I'm driving home from work.

Also, someone's second woot. I'm sure that's legit. :|

I hear ya on the timing of the video release. I was checking about every 10 minutes yesterday and then it gets released while I am making supper/dinner for the family. Actually the last two were released while I was making supper. Maybe I should stop feeding the family.

Now that I know people are getting tweets when the videos are released, I don't think I have a chance since I am not on Twitter. Would at least be nice to know if the next video is going to be released today. Actually, would be really nice know roughly what time the next video will be released. That way I might have somewhat of a chance.

Also, I often wonder how many people have multiple accounts so they can snag multiple Bandolier of Carrots. Frustrating.

jon98gn

renrutnairbwoot wrote:I hear ya on the timing of the video release. I was checking about every 10 minutes yesterday and then it gets released while I am making supper/dinner for the family. Actually the last two were released while I was making supper. Maybe I should stop feeding the family.

Now that I know people are getting tweets when the videos are released, I don't think I have a chance since I am not on Twitter. Would at least be nice to know if the next video is going to be released today. Actually, would be really nice know roughly what time the next video will be released. That way I might have somewhat of a chance.

Also, I often wonder how many people have multiple accounts so they can snag multiple Bandolier of Carrots. Frustrating.

This was the first time that a tweet went out in a timely matter. The previous ones were released and then tweeted way after. Not sure if you've tried twitter, but basically you can "Follow" woot and then when they make an announcement on their twitter account it can be set up to automatically send a SMS to your cell phone.

renrutnairbwoot

jon98gn wrote:This was the first time that a tweet went out in a timely matter. The previous ones were released and then tweeted way after. Not sure if you've tried twitter, but basically you can "Follow" woot and then when they make an announcement on their twitter account it can be set up to automatically send a SMS to your cell phone.

Thanks for the info! Guessing this means I can get a text on my dumb phone via SMS? I haven't used Twitter before. Twitter is blocked at work so I would have to set this up later. If a video is released during the day today, I would just have to get really lucky to find it in time.

jon98gn

- Each offering appears to be 5 bags
- First offering appears to have spread like the plague in Wisconsin with the main haul spreading there and a single occurence in Pennsylvania. I think Wisconsin enjoys wine to go with their cheese so they were the first to enjoy Fat Gus's bounty
- From there, it seems all of the other craps have traveled strongly to Iowa where it has been strongly festering ever since

I'm sorry to say DC doesn't show up on the woot sales stats maps. I snagged one from bag 3 and don't see anything close to me shaded in green. but hey, it isn't the first time we've been underrepresented

dernst_ca1

- Each offering appears to be 5 bags
- First offering appears to have spread like the plague in Wisconsin with the main haul spreading there and a single occurence in Pennsylvania. I think Wisconsin enjoys wine to go with their cheese so they were the first to enjoy Fat Gus's bounty
- From there, it seems all of the other craps have traveled strongly to Iowa where it has been strongly festering ever since

renrutnairbwoot

- Each offering appears to be 5 bags
- First offering appears to have spread like the plague in Wisconsin with the main haul spreading there and a single occurence in Pennsylvania. I think Wisconsin enjoys wine to go with their cheese so they were the first to enjoy Fat Gus's bounty
- From there, it seems all of the other craps have traveled strongly to Iowa where it has been strongly festering ever since

Thanks for putting that together! I was also thinking there were 5 bags for each video. However, I was a little confused on bag 4 having 5 states shaded with 3 of them being dark green. Wouldn't that mean that those 3 states had more bags than the 2 lighter shaded states?

jon98gn

renrutnairbwoot wrote:Thanks for putting that together! I was also thinking there were 5 bags for each video. However, I was a little confused on bag 4 having 5 states shaded with 3 of them being dark green. Wouldn't that mean that those 3 states had more bags than the 2 lighter shaded states?

Not sure that's why it's estimated. I'm sure the calculations are whacky. For instance, Bag 3 having a DC sale. Not sure where it goes or if its accounted for, hence the "probably not true" warning.

jon98gn

matthew wrote:Nobody is supposed to get more than one Bandolier of Carrots from this batch, and we do screen for cheaters. (Not to say someone couldn't outfox us.)

Should also note that it's one per person so Woot! has been fine when a husband and wife has received one or even roommates. It's kind of hard for them to police unless it's the same account. I think someone grabbed 3 total (2 for themselves, 1 for their significant other) during the copy/paste contest. They then notified Woot! that they ordered too many and instead did a 1 + 1.

dernst_ca1

Watch and refresh and keep my twitter feed open for three days straight through work and evenings....

Didn't really stand a chance, just like the bday event and the last wootoff.. living on the west coast there is a definite disadvantage of latency.. and when you're dealing with 5 offers, they will be gone 99.9 times out of 100 before the page refreshes on the west coast.. Latency will kill the west coast every time there is a trickle sale with super limited quantities...

Here is a great article that explains how folks on the west coast are simply at a disadvantage..

http://www.serviceassurancedaily.com/2008/06/latency-and-jitter/

And here is a great blurm from the same article..

Distance Delay is simply the minimum amount of time that it takes the electrical signals that represent bits to travel down the physical wire. Optical cable sends bits at about ~5.5 µs/km, copper cable sends it at ~5.606 µs/km, and satellite sends bits at ~3.3 µs/km. (There are a few additional microseconds of delay from amplifying repeaters in optical cable, but compared to distance, the delay is negligible.)

Distance delay can have a significant impact on application performance for applications that require a large number of network round trips in order to complete a transaction – for example, custom transactional based applications, database queries, and VoIP, which begins do degrade when one-way end-to-end latency exceeds 200-220 milliseconds.

That said, I did like the bday game, as well as the code flash during the last wootoff - I think it was a good start, however, simply plopping a link on the page without making folks at least search a bit does in fact give the west coast wooters a significant disadvantage...

renrutnairbwoot

I am predicting a screeching halt to the Phat Goose wine sales now that Fat Gus is no more.

The last 3 videos were released when I was busy spending time with my family. I guess I should be proud of myself for not letting this contest get in the way of what is really important. Still would have liked to get a Bandolier of Carrots. Congrats to all that did!

dernst_ca1

renrutnairbwoot wrote:I am predicting a screeching halt to the Phat Goose wine sales now that Fat Gus is no more.

The last 3 videos were released when I was busy spending time with my family. I guess I should be proud of myself for not letting this contest get in the way of what is really important. Still would have liked to get a Bandolier of Carrots. Congrats to all that did!

trifecta

tanios wrote:Okay, so Rhode Island allows direct shipping now. When is it going to be added to the shippable states list so I can get me some Fat Gus... I mean, Phat Goose?

Shut up and SHIP ME WINE!

I don't know the specifics of Rhode Island, but just because it allows it does not mean that the winery has a license to ship there. RI may have set it up so it is uber expensive for the winery. Check back as the ships to list varies based on each offer.

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